INDIANAPOLIS — The Bulldogs continue to stay hot winning their second conference match in a row after knocking off Seton Hall in four sets (25-20, 17-25, 29-27, 25-21) Friday night. Abby Maesch records a match-high 21 kills while the team reached 14 serving aces in a single match for the first time since 2014.
 
Butler 25-20
The match began with both teams remaining deadlocked until Seton Hall would jump to a 12-8. The Bulldogs would rally back using kills from two kills and a solo block from Abby Maesch to go on a 5-0 run and take the lead at 18-15. The Pirates would cut the lead to within one at 20-19, but Butler would end up fending them off to take the first at 25-20. Maesch hit for .556 with five kills and no errors in the set.

Seton Hall 25-17
The Pirates controlled Set 2 taking an early 7-3 lead and then using a 9-1 spurt to extend their lead to 17-7. THe Bulldogs would bring the score back within five points at 17-12 topped off by a serving ace from Reese Bates. However, Seton Hall would eventually close out the set at 25-17.
 
Butler 29-27
The third set started with a trio of serving aces by Elise Ward to help the Bulldogs take an early 8-5 lead. The Pirates would come back to tie the set at 10-10 and then the two teams would remain within a point until Seton Hall 8-1 spurt to fly out to a 24-17. At set point, Butler would rally with seven straight points to tie the score at 24-24. The battle would continue until Maesch's consecutive kills helped complete the comeback in Set 3.

Butler 25-21
A big block from Destiny Cherry helped kick off Set 4 with the Bulldogs taking an early 4-2. Cora Taylor and Lauren Evans each scored another serving ace to add to the lead at 19-14. Butler would hold onto the lead all the way until the end with Alaleh Tolliver capping off the Bulldog victory on a kill.

Stats of the Match
The Bulldogs topped their mark from last Sunday recording a new season-high 14 serving aces in the match. This is the first time they have posted 14 or more serving aces in a match since the team collected at DePaul on Nov. 1, 2014. Alaleh Tolliver set a new career-high with four serving aces while Elise Ward and Cora Taylor each added three in the match.

Inside The Box Score

• Maesch hit for a match-high .298 with 21 kills and three blocks
• Taylor padded the stats with 48 assists, three blocks and three serving aces
• Tolliver recorded her third double-double of the season with 12 kills, four serving aces, and a team-high 18 digs
• Ward was not to far behind with 17 digs while adding three serving aces
• Jersey Loyer collected 15 digs and an assist
• Evans had 12 digs, three assists, and a pair of serving aces

Up Next 
The Dawgs will look to stay hot against Georgetown tomorrow at 5 PM in the final match of the homestand.